Trio in the trenches for "Battle: Los Angeles"

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have been recruited to join Columbia's "Battle: Los Angeles."

The sci-fi action film, directed by Jonathan Liebesman, stars Aaron Eckhart as a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) who, with his new platoon, must battle an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.

Rodriguez will play Cpl. Adriana Santos, a member of a radio battalion.

Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines find along the way, and Moynahan plays a veterinarian.

Rodriguez next appears in James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar." She will star in the historical drama "Tropico de Sangre," her first film as a producer.

Pena, who most recently appeared in "Observe and Report" with Seth Rogen, recently completed production on Werner Herzog's psychological thriller "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done."

Moynahan next stars in the family comedy "Ramona and Beezus," opposite John Corbett and Ginnifer Goodwin.

(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)